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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4850 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 1 of 11 30 April 2012 at 12:31am | IP Logged |
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I didn't know where to post it, but I hope it's a relatively proper place.
I would like to ask (especially that there are some speakers of Bulgarian on this forum and even one person who's from my "target group") if anyone of you knows something about the specific traits of Bulgarian dialects in USA, Australia and other non-Balkan and non-Slavic countries? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5057 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 2 of 11 03 May 2012 at 3:21am | IP Logged |
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Interesting question!
I don't think that there are many traits specific to Bulgarian speakers in the US. Most speakers of the language come from various regions of Bulgaria and speak their respective dialects. Bulgarian speakers in the US tend to be from an urban middle-class background so the standard language is overwhelmingly dominant in conversation. In some situations, colloquial speech may become evident (i.e. a Bulgarian speaker I know says "школа" instead of "училище" for school, probably due to Serbian influence in northwestern Bulgaria). You can certainly find speakers of all dialect groups speaking together but dialectal speech is simply often placed aside in such situations. Another interesting case is that most speakers of Bulgarian preserve their speech from when they last lived in Bulgaria, thus discouraging the use of new words that may have formed. For example, I say "застраховка" while my uncle says it's common to say "иншурънс" for insurance instead. Also, people use the word "яко" to indicate that something is cool while I find that a bit silly and use the more antiquated "готино" instead. Just out of curiosity, what is your "target group"? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4850 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 3 of 11 03 May 2012 at 10:21pm | IP Logged |
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I hope you don't mind, but I guess you were the part of this target group :)
Anyway, I'm very thankful for your help. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5057 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 4 of 11 03 May 2012 at 10:45pm | IP Logged |
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No problem! I hope I've at least partially answered your question.
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4850 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 5 of 11 03 May 2012 at 11:36pm | IP Logged |
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Yes, definitely. Just one more question, if i can ask - from which part of Bulgaria your family comes from?
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| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5057 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 6 of 11 03 May 2012 at 11:56pm | IP Logged |
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The Southeast - I have relatives from Stara Zagora, Kardzhali (who were originally from around Haskovo), and
Burgas (who were originally from what is now Alexandropolis (back then Dedeagach and Dervent) in Northern Greece). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4850 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 7 of 11 04 May 2012 at 8:35am | IP Logged |
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One more time - thank you very much.
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5047 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 8 of 11 04 May 2012 at 12:22pm | IP Logged |
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Do they maintain or loose their language abroad? I mean second and third generations?
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